Bible Encyclopedia: The Zodiac

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Strong's Hebrew

4208. mazzaloth -- constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac
... mazzaloth. 4209 . constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac. Transliteration:
mazzaloth Phonetic Spelling: (maz-zaw-law') Short Definition: constellations. ...
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4216. mazzaroth -- perhaps a constellation
... Mazzoroth. Apparently from nazar in the sense of distinction; some noted constellation
(only in the plural), perhaps collectively, the zodiac -- Mazzoroth. ...
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Library

The Doctrine of Mathematicians not Wholly to be Despised, when ...
... Doctrine of Mathematicians Not Wholly to Be Despised, When They are Concerned About
the Knowledge of the Stars; The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Mythical Names. ...
/.../chapter xiv the doctrine of mathematicians.htm

The Peratæ Derive their System from the Astrologers; this Proved ...
... Book V. Chapter VIII."The Peratæ Derive Their System from the Astrologers; This
Proved by a Statement of the Astrological Theories of the Zodiac; Hence the ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter viii the peratae derive their.htm

Arguments from the Novelty of Fate and Generation; that Golden Age ...
... If the sun, driving through the circles and passing along the signs of the Zodiac
in his annual periods, accomplishes the changes and turnings of the seasons ...
/.../chapter xv arguments from the novelty.htm

System of the Astrologers; Sidereal Influence;
... But they say that the stars are attended as if by satellites when they are in the
midst of other stars, in continuity with the signs of the Zodiac; as if, when ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter i system of the astrologers.htm

Further Astronomic Calculations.
... He takes the perimeter of the Zodiac at 447,310,000 stadii; so that it follows that
a straight line from the centre of the Earth to the most outward ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter ix further astronomic calculations.htm

The Creation of Luminous Bodies.
... When the planets cross in the signs of the Zodiac, certain figures formed by their
meeting give birth to certain destinies, and others produce different ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily vi the creation of.htm

Appendix
... The first month of the year, and the first sign of the Zodiac referred to this
sacrifice, called 'the Sacrifice of Bel.' It is to Accad, and not to Phoenicia ...
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Fragments of the Books on Arithmetic.
... Eudemus [1219] relates in his Astrologies that OEnopides [1220] found out the
circle of the zodiac and the cycle [1221] of the great year. ...
/.../the paschal canon of anatolius of alexandria/fragments of the books on.htm

The Mystic Meaning of the Tabernacle and Its Furniture.
... And the name cherubim meant "much knowledge." But both together have twelve wings,
and by the zodiac and time, which moves on it, point out the world of sense. ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter vi the mystic meaning of.htm

The Fourth vision "In Heaven"
... Here we have the earliest reference to the twelve signs of the Zodiac. ... The division
of the Zodiac into twelve signs in one of very great significance... ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
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Isaiah 47:13
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from these things that shall come on you.
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Amos 5:8
Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
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Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
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